Non-refillable bottle.



I. D. KELLET.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1913.

Patented Feb. 1'7,1914.

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ISAAC DAVID KELLET, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFIILABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17,1914.

Application filed March 27, 1913. Serial No. 757,103.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Isaac DAVID KELLET, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to bottles, jars, etc, in the neck of which there is arranged mechanism serving to permit the outflow of liquid but preventing an inflow of liquid.

Among the objects of this invention is to improve this class of devices whereby a container will be rendered practically non-refillable by the use of simple, cheap reliable means.

The foregoing and other objects of this invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the neck portion of a bottle, showing my devices therein in normal upright position; Figs. 2, 3 and a are transverse sections on corresponding lines of Fig. 1, the several figures showing as many different parts in plan view, and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional detail corresponding to Fig. 1, but showing the parts in the positions assumed when the bottle is inverted.

The several parts of this device may be made of any suitable sanitary materials, such as glass, porcelain or the like, and the relative sizes and proportions of the same may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully described and specifically claimed. I would have it understood, also, that while I show and refer herein to a bottle, such term is to be given an interpretation broad enough to cover a jug, demijohn or any other suitable containcr.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the bottle 10 is shown provided with an upwardly projecting nozzle 11 having a shoulder or seat 12-. The nozzle is provided with screw threads 13, and between the threaded portion and the shoulder 12 is a roughened space 14 provided also with a series of hemispherical lugs 15.

The neck 16 is of substantially cylindrical tubular form and is adapted to be screwed upon the nozzle 11 with its lower end 16 adjacent the shoulder 12 and said end is preferably roughened at 14 opposite the roughened portion 14 of the nozzle. A gasket of cork, rubber .or any other suitable material 17, is preferably placed between the end of the neck and said shoulder to form a cushion, and the space between the roughened portions of these parts is adapted to be filled with cement when the neck is fixed to the bottle. By reason ofthe lugs 15 and the roughened surfaces of the parts, it is impossible for the neck to be removed without breakage after it is once set. The neck is preferably formed with a cylindrical surface 18 within which are fitted the several parts constituting the improved valve mechanism.

At 19 is shown an annular valve seat, the same having a downwardly projecting flange 19 fitted within the upper end of the nozzle, and also having an outwardly projecting flange 19 extending into a circumferential groove 20 of the neck. The neck, when secured in place, therefore, secures the valve seat 19 against the end of the nozzle. The liquid, however, is adapted to pass freely through the open center thereof when flowing from the bottle. The valve 21 consists of an inverted cup-like structure, the lower edge of which is smooth and rests normally upon the smooth plane upper surface of the valve seat 19. The valve also includes a set of radially projecting lugs 22, shown as four in number and projecting outwardly from the valve toward the neck but fitted loosely therein so as to permit free sliding movement of the valve within the chamber 18 of the neck. Said lugs 22 serve, among others, two important functions, namely, to cause the valve to be substantially centered upon the valve seat insuring that the valve when down will seal the opening through the valve seat, and secondly, said lugs constitute a rest or support for a follower or plunger 23. The plunger 23 consists of a cylindrical member of peculiar form, the same having a hollow interior and a cylindrical flange 24: extending along the same within and parallel to the outer or main shell 25 thereof. The flange 24 is formed within the shell 25 and maintained in position by means of a horizontal rim 26. The plunger 23 loosely fits within the chamber 18 of the neck and is slidable along the same within certain limits. The space between the upper ends of the flange A and shell is open, whereby any liquid which is attempted to be inserted into the bottle through the neck will impinge upon the flange and cause it to strike against the lugs 22 of the valve and thereby seat the valve. The liquid flowing out of the bottle, however, passes freely into and through the interior of the flange 24, the liquid having passed the valve 21 between the lugs 22 thereof. Within the chamber 18 and at any convenient place between the ends of the neck is firmly secured, by cement or otherwise, a guard-27. This device comprises an annular base 28 fitted within the chamber 18 and having a hollow center 29.

l-rt S0 is a solid upper portion of smaller diameter than the base 28, and said solid portion is connected to the base by means of a skeleton structure 31 providing a series of openings frotn the center 29 outward to the space around the body 30. The liquid passes thence to and through the mouth 33 of the bottle by virtue of a series of lugs as shown best in Fig. '2. The base 28 is formed in a substantially conical shape within which is adapted to be placed and operated a deflector The deflector has a series of lingers or projections 86 which impinge against the conical surface just referred to, to insure ample space for the outflow of liquid past the deflector and through the opening 2.). The deflector, however, serves to cause any inflowing liquid to be directed into the blind cavity of the plunger between the flange :24 and shell. 25, and at the same time preventing the liquid from flowing inwardly through the center of the plunger.

As shown especially in Fig. 5, the diameter of the body of the deflector 85 is less than the diameter of the bottom of the open ing in the base 28. This provides for the deflector to drop sufliciently far within said opening of the base for there to be left a space between the deflector and the free edge of the flange 24 of the plunger 23 when in the pouring position.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-:

1. The combination with a bottle and its hollow neck, of valve mechanism within the neck comprising a fixed annular valve seat having a smooth top, an inverted cup-shaped valve having a smooth rim seated normally upon the valve seat surface, said valve being movable away from the valve seatduring the discharge of liquid from the bottle and having a series of lugs extending radially therefrom toward the bottle neck, a

plunger resting normally upon said valve.

lugs, means to limit the movements of the plunger and valve, said plunger having a hollow center and comprising a pair of concentric upwardly extending flanges connected adjacent their lower ends, the outer of said flanges extending below the inner flange and by engagement with said valve lugs providing a space between the valve and the inner flange, and a deflector above the plunger seated normally upon said inner flange, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with a bottle and its neck, of valve mechanism secured within the neck and comprising a fixed annular valve seat, an inverted cup-shaped valve resting upon the valve seat, a cylindrical plunger comprising a shell normally serving to maintain the valve seated, said plunger also including an open centered flange secured within and parallel to the outer shell thereof, a deflector having a substantially flat body resting upon the plunger and having a series of fingers extending outwardly therefrom, and a guard fixed within the neck and having a hollow base with which said deflector fingers cooperate leaving an outflow space past the deflector.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC DAVID KELLET.

\Vitnesses GEO. L. BEELER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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